Chapter 424: In the end, it still depends on Quaresma

After a burst of giggling, under the leadership of the referee, the players of the two teams lined up and walked out of the players' tunnel and walked into the stadium amid the cheers of the fans in the stands.

Quaresma looked around the stands, and every Chelsea fan seemed to be cheering for his team in unison with the belief that they were going to win, the pride of the defending champions.

It's like every opponent, no matter how strong or weak, they don't take it seriously, they can easily win!

However, Quaresma didn't care about this, and it was normal for fans to support their own team, and at the Emirates Stadium, Gunners fans were just as proud.

However, Quaresma felt that Chelsea fans would not be able to be proud by the end of the game as he would have snatched a win from Stamford Bridge with Arsenal.

With the referee's whistle blowing, in the huge cheers that suddenly erupted in the stands, this championship battle also officially broke out, instantly attracting the attention of the whole world.

Arsene Wenger was unapologetic in his quest to win over Chelsea, and a game worth six points was even worth giving up his next league game.

Quaresma played on the left wing, Thierry Henry in the middle, and Reyes replaced the muscular Ljungberg on the right;

With Ballack and Gilberto Silva behind him, they are more than capable of competing with Chelsea in midfield.

Klich plays at left-back, and on the right is Eboue, who has been active lately, and he has completely pressed his good friend Lauren to the bench, as if he was more courageous than Lauren in bed;

The two centre-backs were Gallas and Colo Toure, with Campbell's form up and down, and Arsene Wenger becoming more cautious with the veteran;

It was Lehmann, of course, who was in goal for Arsenal, and the German's form was always trustworthy.

This can almost be regarded as the strongest squad that Arsenal can put out, and even if there are minor adjustments in individual positions, it will not have a big impact on the strength.

And Chelsea's starting lineup is not weak at all, Mourinho is the main force, obviously not small.

Against Arsenal last season, Jose Mourinho's side did not take advantage of anything, and even though they snatched the Premier League title strongly, they were still criticized for not being able to take Arsenal.

"You can't win against Arsenal, and if you win the Premier League, there's nothing to brag about!"

That's what fans who aren't happy with Chelsea's nouveau riche breath have to say.

In fact, the championship team should win everyone, and if it can't, the championship will inevitably be true.

And this season, Chelsea have been far behind Arsenal, so they don't even have the strength of last season when they face Arsenal, and if they can't win against Arsenal, they will be completely trampled underfoot.

With a 10-point gap, a win leaves only a seven-point gap, and Arsenal will go to the Club World Cup next, and if Chelsea maintain a consistent performance, there is no chance of catching up with Arsenal.

So, from any point of view, this game is one that Chelsea will never give up.

Both teams were determined to win the game, so the game was intense from the start.

There is no need to probe, there is no need to maneuver, the two teams that are extremely familiar only need to pull out their bayonets and rush towards each other with great rage, and only one person can survive this battle.

Perhaps before the whistle, Quaresma still had a detachment in his heart, but now, a heart was beating violently, as if blood was surging into his heart, rushing directly to the top of his head.

That's the passion of the game, and that's what Quaresma really loves about football, and it feels like it's even more addictive than doing something with a woman!

The midfield has become the most intense confrontation between the two teams, with Chelsea's muscular steel forest, attacking and defending against Arsenal, and the two strongest teams in midfield will be looking to prove themselves in midfield today.

One second ago, Ballack and Gilberto Silva completed the sweep with great toughness, and the next second, Essien put Xiaofa to the ground and turned his head, and Xiaofa tackled Mikel with a vengeance......

Maybe the war doesn't need blood, but they are guarding the position with their lives.

Quaresma was active, the laziness before the race was just to accumulate more energy, and now it's finally time to break out.

In the fierce battle in midfield, Quaresma was always a leak in the Chelsea side of the Roma side.

Malouda was not involved in the sweep in midfield, but he was always around him, and Frank Lampard also looked at Quaresma from time to time, and as for Pacos Ferreira, who was the main force in defending Quaresma, he was always on the lookout.

As long as Quaresma dares to get the ball on this side, he will be faced with Chelsea's stormy defensive mode.

For a superstar who can almost dominate world football, no amount of defensive investment is excessive.

Mourinho is well aware of Quaresma's destructive power, and even he doesn't think it will be enough to completely stifle Quaresma's creativity, and the only way to successfully defend Quaresma is to completely block all the space he can see.

Jose Mourinho is a paranoid, and the strangulation of the midfield is just a symptom of the intensity of the game, but it is not the midfield that can really decide the outcome of the game, but the defense of Quaresma's side.

If you defend Quaresma, you win more than half of the game, and the rest depends on whether the others can play their due role.

In the 4th minute of the game, Quaresma finally got the ball in a fierce battle in the midfield, and at the moment when the ball passed to Quaresma, this time the strangulation on the side had been completely formed.

Malouda harassed from the flanks, Lampard flanked off, front-facing Ferre was the fierce defense, and not far behind Ferreira was Carvalho, who had already been in a lot of positions, and the airtight defense instantly surrounded Quaresma, acting as quickly as if he had practiced countless times.

With such a defense that can't even splash water, I'm afraid that even if Pele or Maradona are at their peak with the ball here, I am afraid that they will not dare to move forward, so they can only turn their backs to the direction of attack and pass the ball back to their teammates.

Quaresma was also instantly startled, and the Longmen Town in front of him was full of murderous opportunities, so he didn't dare to act rashly at all.

In an instant, countless possible outcomes were simulated in his mind, and no matter what breakthrough method he adopted, the greatest possibility would be to be blocked by his opponent here.

can't help but smile bitterly, even if you are a superstar, you don't have this kind of treatment!

It's just not giving yourself a way to live!

There was no time to turn his head to look at Mourinho on the sidelines, Quaresma had to quickly dispose of the ball at his feet, otherwise he would be dumpled by the opponent, lose face, and be depressed by Chelsea taking the opportunity to play a wave of counterattacks.

Pulling the ball and turning and sending it to the feet of the nearest Krish, Quaresma turned and burst forward, hoping that Krish could have a tacit understanding with him.

However, Klich did know how to pass the ball to Quaresma, but the problem was that before he could break out of the encirclement, Quaresma was stopped by Malouda without the ball.

Quaresma was a little confused, he didn't think that Chelsea had done everything they could to defend themselves, was this not allowing themselves to go through the rhythm of the half?

He really didn't know what the point of Chelsea was doing this, although he ruined one of his own attacks, but pulled himself down alive without the ball, do you think the referee would turn a blind eye to this?

I'm afraid it won't take a few times, Chelsea will have to play a few fewer people on the field!

Sure enough, the referee immediately stopped the game, ran quickly in front of Malouda, took out a yellow card and showed it to the Chelsea winger, and only a few minutes into the game, someone had already been yellow carded.

The Chelsea players protested around the referee for a long time, but there was no way to get the referee to change the decision, so they had to reluctantly accept the reality that Malouda was carded in the first few minutes.

Quaresma looked at Malouda triumphantly, and the teasing meaning in his eyes was obvious.

"Come on, I'll wait to be pulled down by you again, and then I can say goodbye to you!"

If Arsenal were able to play one more man on the pitch soon after, it would be a huge advantage, and Chelsea would have surrendered even if they were stubborn.

Surprisingly, however, Malouda was calm and unfazed, as were the other Chelsea players, and there was no sign of much emotional turmoil.

Quaresma muttered to himself, is the mentality of the Chelsea players so good now?

This kind of emotional control and regulation, I am afraid that even myself, a reborn person, cannot do it to such an extent.

But it didn't take long for Quaresma to figure it out.

When he broke through with the ball again, he was pulled by Drogba and put to the ground, and the answer was already very obvious.

Chelsea are all about banning themselves, even if they are taking cards, they can take turns playing cards as long as no one is sent off.

Imagine that, apart from the goalkeeper, each of the 10 players on the pitch could come over and give Quaresma a hard beat, plus three substitutions, which means that Chelsea could theoretically get 13 yellow cards.

And not every foul will be carded, just like Drogba, because it does not involve dangerous actions, and it does not block Arsenal's dangerous attack, so the referee did not give Drogba a yellow card at all.

If one yellow card were given for an average of three fouls, then Chelsea could theoretically have intercepted Quaresma 36 times with the ball.

Purely from the data, a winger will have an average of 30~40 passes per game, and a winger like Quaresma, who will play the role of a finisher many times, has fewer passes.

In this way, I am afraid that Chelsea can really completely block Quaresma.

Such a strange plan can probably only be imagined by the very extreme Mourinho.

In the space of the next 10 minutes, Quaresma had four touches of the ball, one of which was a direct transition to Xiaofa without stopping, and the remaining three attempts were fouled by Chelsea.

The price Chelsea paid was only a yellow card for Didier Drogba.

Despite the fact that Chelsea had already been booked with two yellow cards in just ten minutes, they had completely locked down Quaresma, and for Chelsea, it was a successful defence.

Quaresma was extremely irritable, and if he continued to kick like this, he was about to become minced meat, and he was kept chopping on the chopping board by a group of Chelsea cooks.

The game was also tightened by Chelsea's tight defence of Quaresma, and until the 20th minute of the game, neither side had a single attack that threatened the opposition goal.

However, the arrival of the first exhaustion period in 20 minutes caused Chelsea to suddenly explode and catch Arsenal off guard.

Ashley Cole suddenly played a long ball at the back, and the ball went over the midfielder Arsenal defence, and Drogba pressed Campbell in the box to grab it, but Drogba did not shoot directly at goal, but headed back to Joe Cole.

The England international flickered around in a small area of the box, but it did create a certain angle of shot, but with Gallas desperately blocking the shot, Joe Cole opted for a more secure way to hand the ball to Essien who cut in from outside the box.

At this time, Arsenal's defensive focus is more in the penalty area, even Ballack and Gilberto Silva, also ignore the defense outside the penalty area, the unmarked Essien, meet the ball directly with his feet and shoot angrily, the ball into the net, the stone broke through the Arsenal goal.

Stamford Bridge erupted in a burst of jubilation, and Chelsea's goal came so suddenly that it ignited the previously silent stands.

The Chelsea players were celebrating wildly, but Mourinho on the sidelines was even more frantic and seemed to be more calm when Porto won the Champions League last time than he is now.

It was a significant goal for Chelsea as it was the best response to the rhetoric of their rapid fall from their prime, and a goal that could well have led them to victory.

However, the Arsenal players showed disbelief on their faces, and Chelsea's sudden goal caught them off guard.

Obviously, in the previous game, the two teams were still like an appointment, and they were weak in the midfield, and you came and went.

But in the next second, Chelsea suddenly changed their faces, and suddenly began to cross the midfield and directly hit the Arsenal defense, like a partner who did not pay attention to the spirit of the contract at all, and blatantly tore up the previous treaty.

If Chelsea had played this way from the start, Arsenal would not have been suddenly beaten up.

It's a change in style of play and a change in pace, and it's undoubtedly a real powerhouse when there's no better way to break the deadlock.

Arsene Wenger frowned, obviously aware of the fact that the players on the pitch were responsible for conceding the goal, but Wenger was equally responsible.

If he had anticipated Chelsea's possible intentions earlier, the players on the pitch would have been on guard and perhaps the goal would not have been conceded.

Mourinho put him under a lot of pressure, just like the old Scottish man once put pressure on him when he played against Alex Ferguson.

I couldn't help but look around all the Arsenal players on the pitch, and finally, finally fixed on Quaresma, Wenger muttered to himself.

"It looks like it's up to you in the end!"